Los Angeles man goes to Community Goods for matcha. Then he’s shamed for coming in a Honda Accord: ‘I thought it was a Goodwill or something’

A Los Angeles man and his friend allegedly experienced “poor shaming” after visiting viral coffee shop Community Goods. 

Jons (@archive.jons), a lifestyle-based content creator, posted a video responding to a recent clip that featured his friend’s car. The only problem? The video was shaming his friend for having a Honda Accord instead of a fancier car. 

The original video featured the caption “Someone didn’t get the memo,” referring to Jons’ friend and their vehicle. Since describing the situation, a number of content creators have come to Jons’ aid and publicly lambasted the content creator for the post.

Jon’s post has received more than 9.7 million views.

Jons’ Experience

Jons went to Community Goods, a viral Los Angeles coffee and matcha destination that has hour-long wait times. The TikToker was with a friend who happened to be driving a Honda Accord.

The TikToker said that he and his friend went to Community Goods to get matcha. They received their drinks like normal and went home again afterward. The next day, he woke up to see a post that featured his friend’s vehicle in it. 

“ I send it to my friend, and I’m like, ‘Isn’t this your car?’ It was, in fact, her car, the one we got out of 5 minutes before that lady started recording that video,” Jons said. “And the video’s captioned, ‘Someone didn’t get the memo,’ because most cars that park there are, like, luxury cars.”

Jons explained that both he and his friend are college students who regularly pay tuition. “We just wanted to get a fun drink after class. Like, who knew a girl with a Honda couldn’t drink a matcha latte?” The TikToker added. 

‘Let me pull up to Community Goods in my paid off Toyota Camry…’

Multiple viewers expressed shock after seeing the Jons’ post. Commenters expressed that having a car was a luxury itself and that a Honda Accord is still a good vehicle, regardless of its make or model. 

“They’re in line at community goods just like everyone whether they drive a Honda Accord or not,” one commenter said. 

Another commenter said, “Let me pull up to community goods in my paid off Toyota Camry because I’d rather be debt free with a reliable car than be in debt just to drive luxury.”  

Jons video went viral. Thousands of other people reacted to the situation and posted their own videos about the online encounter. 

Other content creators posted jokes about the poor shaming incident, including content creator AL (@alpon) who said, “Pulling up to community goods with my Honda Accord.” The Centennial World Podcast Network, which hosts the Mini Scroll Podcast, covered the situation.

“This is such an insanely classist video, even if it was posted as a joke.” Mini Scroll podcast host Lauren Meisner said. 

The original TikToker responds

Jons also posted comments by Dori, the person who originally made fun of the Honda. There, Dori said “Turning a joke into a wealth investigation is something I didn’t expect.”

The content creator, however, liked other comments that joked about calling a tow truck on the Honda Accord.

Dori privately messaged Jons and sent an apology to the content creator, which he then shared. Commenters on Jons’ post were not happy with her message. “‘Sorry if I’ve offended you’ is not a genuine apology,” one viewer said.

The TikToker allegedly made a statement under a new TikTok handle (@ttt_tnlq25). A section of the statement read as follows: “My post was about CG at the PDC location, which is known for having very expensive cars parked outside. The video was originally posted during Coachella, when the typical crowd at that particular location was not there, so there were more regular cars parked outside than usual. The post was meant as a niche joke about that specific location and the contrast with what is usually there, definitely not as a comment on someone’s income or about Honda specifically. That was never the point of the post!”

The creator’s account has since gone private. 

The Mary Sue has reached out to Jons via email and Community Goods via contact form. The publication also attempted to reach out to @ttt_tnlq25, but the creator was unavailable for comment. This story will be updated if either party responds. 

@archive.jons we left a comment on the video at first but she deleted it ? #communitygoods #la #matcha #fypシ #yapping ♬ original sound – jons

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